Sukta 3
तं वा अहं नार्वाञ्चं न पराञ्चं न प्रत्यञ्चम्
táṃ vā aháṃ nā́rvāñcaṃ ná parā́ñcaṃ ná pratyáñcam
Him verily I make neither hitherward, nor outward, nor turned back again.
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (not explicit in excerpt)
Devata: Stambhana-power; implicitly Indra/Agni-like coercive force, but here primarily the priest’s vāc
Chandas: Formulaic prose/short cadence
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